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synergy will not connect

Asked by Bob

had it working when I was running 36bit. now I did a complete install of 14.4 64bit loving the speed of 64bit. But I have no clue what I'm doing wrong. it's been years since I set it up. I watching all the videos and read all the pages on how to. got me nowhere in two days. there both running ubuntu and I downloaded it from the software center. can anyone help I know it's going to be something simple after all it's a simple program not many options for it.

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Bob (smith13) said : 		#1

I was just thinking as I was painting the wall. maybe there is something similar that will work? any suggestions?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Can the systems ping each other?

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Bob (smith13) said : 		#3

I have no clue on how to do that.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

It's exactly the same as how you do it in Windows....

Open a terminal and type:

ping hostname

Release "hostname" with the other system's name (or IP if you like)

Use CTRL + C to stop the pings

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Bob (smith13) said : 		#5

I have never used woindows

ping: unknown host rjsmith

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Bob (smith13) said : 		#7

I got it, no clue how after 2 days of trying deferent thing.